Improved carpet-stretcher



sa.. gp lnitml THOMAS WILSON AND JOHN W. APPLEYARD, OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS.

Leners Panam No. 89,107, dated Apel 2o, 1869.

IMIPROVED CARPET-STRETCHER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sama To all 'whom 'it may conce/rn Be it known that we, THOMAS WILSON and J oiuvv W. APPLEYARD, both of the city oi' Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Machine or Implement for Stretching and Putting Down Carpets, which we call a Carpet- Stretcher; and We do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is la perspective view.

Figure 2, a longitudinal elevation.

Figure 3, a plan.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The' following are the parts:

. The board A.

. Hooks, or claws c c c c c.

. Pawl g, staple y.

. 'Ratchet-wheels rr.

. Windlass w.

Cord b.

. Staplex.

. Lever l.

Hook h, or awl and ring, or anything equivalent. 10. Slot s.

11. Posts p 11.

12. Joints jj.

13. Pieces l Z.

A is a peculiarly-,shaped board, having numerous steel or iron claws c c c c c underneath, with slot s and staple as, and upon the upper side, at the termination of said slot, the wiudlass w, terminated at each end with `ratchetpulleys or wheels 1' lr, supported by the posts p p, connected by the cord b to the hook h, operated by the lever l, in combination with the side-pieces l l and the pawl g, supported by the staple y.

When not in use, the cord b is wound upon the windlass w, and the hook] 11. lies in the slot s. By

crowding the lever l forward, the joints jj permit the free revolution of the Windlass w, so as to unwind or wind the cord up as often as is desirable.

The machine is operated in the following manner, to wit:

It is put upon the carpet to be stretched to place at a convenient distance from the base-board to which the carpet is to be brought so that the claws c c c c c will take a firm hold of the carpet. The hook h being sharp-pointed, is drawn slightly into the floor, close to the base-board, and the cord b made of wire, or linen, or any other suitable material,is gradually wound upon Athe windlass w, by raising -and falling the lever l, the

pawl g operating to hold the same in its place as it turns the ratchet-wheels. The staple :t serves to keep the tension Aand stretching in a right line from the carpet to the hook. p

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination and arrangement of the board A,-

the claws c c, the pawl g, the ratchet-Wheels 'r 'r, the

windlass fw, the lever l, the cord b, and the hook h, as

and for the purpose specified.

THOS. WILSON.

J OHN W. APPLEYARD.

Witnesses EDWARD J. HILL, SAMUEL E. DALE. 

